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The likelihood of increased privacy and data regulation of nonprofits  in the U.S. is not a question of “whether”, but “when” and “how onerous.” The gathering storm over real and imagined abuses by Facebook, Google and other big tech platforms will unleash a downpours of concern, finger-pointing and political grandstanding in the new Congress that […]

Nick just sounded the warning bell about the inaccuracy of third-party data. I want to follow up with a more fundamental question: Even if third-party data were more accurate, why would you want it? After all, looking at the Predictably Inaccurate study from Deloitte, when data-brokers had the data wrong and even when people found out […]

In Can Your Monthly Donors Be Held Hostage? we alerted readers that many organizations attempting to switch CRMs or payment processors—or both—are shocked and surprised when the vendor they want to leave refuses to transfer their monthly donors’ credit card or other payment data to the new vendor. Data hostage-taking! We ran an Agitator Survey to get […]

If you care about the future of your monthly giving program I urge you to take 2 minutes and complete this confidential Agitator Survey. Here’s why. As technology changes and competition increases,  many organizations are switching CRM database vendors and credit card payment processors. SURPRISE!  Many organizations making this switch are discovering to their shock […]

The natural assumption is that most donors to the American Hangnail Society either have hangnails or care about someone who does. Yes, as you can tell, we are anonymizing a disease-focused charity.  There is not, to my knowledge, an American Hangnail Society (AHS).  (Yet; I’m eagerly awaiting the DRTV spots with dreadful looking cuticle beds.) […]

This afternoon Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a joint session of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on the company’s recent Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, in which personal data from some 50 million ,87million, maybe far far more million users ended up in the hands of an outside research […]

Seems as though all the world–  the press, Congress, the European Union, advertisers, competitors and millions of users themselves—are focused on Facebook’s privacy and data practices. This is a great opportunity to look at privacy and data practices in our own sector. Sadly, many nonprofits behave like Facebook. They share and rent data without asking. They […]

I for one am shocked – shocked! – in the revelations that Facebook has treated our data with all the care of a four-year-old with a new Hot Wheel. (Let’s see what happens when we run a user’s personal information OFF A RAMP AND DOWN THE STAIRS!)  After all, packaging these data for ads is […]

  There’s less than a handful of months before GDPR comes into force. But there’s still confusion as to the best consent approach. And it’s leading to some potentially catastrophic decisions. In order to help you better inform your decision making, and approach, we offer these six behavioural science tips: 1)Stay with legitimate interest where […]

“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” (“I fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts”) — Virgil, Aeneid Facebook has announced that it is eliminating its five percent transaction fee on donations to nonprofits (personal fundraisers still have a 6.9% + $.30 fee in the US).  In a NY Times piece, donors report it being simple […]